ME Group International plc

DB:PHQ Stock Report

Market Cap: €456.7m

ME Group International Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

ME Group International's CEO is Serge Crasnianski, appointed in Jul 2009, has a tenure of 17.17 years. total yearly compensation is £1.52M, comprised of 36.8% salary and 63.2% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 36.63% of the company’s shares, worth €167.26M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 8.3 years and 6 years respectively.

Key information

Serge Crasnianski

Chief executive officer

UK£1.5m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage36.84%
CEO tenure17yrs
CEO ownership36.6%
Management average tenure8.3yrs
Board average tenure6yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Serge Crasnianski's remuneration changed compared to ME Group International's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Oct 31 2025UK£2mUK£560k

UK£57m

Jul 31 2025n/an/a

UK£57m

Apr 30 2025n/an/a

UK£57m

Jan 31 2025n/an/a

UK£56m

Oct 31 2024UK£2mUK£560k

UK£54m

Jul 31 2024n/an/a

UK£53m

Apr 30 2024n/an/a

UK£53m

Jan 31 2024n/an/a

UK£52m

Oct 31 2023UK£2mUK£560k

UK£51m

Jul 31 2023n/an/a

UK£47m

Apr 30 2023n/an/a

UK£43m

Jan 31 2023n/an/a

UK£41m

Oct 31 2022UK£2mUK£560k

UK£39m

Jul 31 2022n/an/a

UK£34m

Apr 30 2022n/an/a

UK£29m

Jan 31 2022n/an/a

UK£25m

Oct 31 2021UK£1mUK£476k

UK£22m

Apr 30 2021n/an/a

UK£29m

Jan 31 2021n/an/a

UK£14m

Oct 31 2020UK£710kUK£830k

-UK£2m

Compensation vs Market: Serge's total compensation ($USD2.04M) is above average for companies of similar size in the German market ($USD1.02M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Serge's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.

CEO

Serge Crasnianski (84 yo)

17yrs
Tenure
UK£1,520,579
Compensation

Mr. Serge Paul Crasnianski has been the Group Chief Executive Officer of ME Group International plc (formerly known as Photo-Me International plc) since July 3, 2009. Mr. Crasnianski served as Joint Chief...

Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Serge Crasnianski
Group CEO & Deputy Chairman17yrsUK£1.52m36.63%
€ 167.3m
Vladimir Crasneanscki
Deputy CEO2.5yrsUK£87.74kno data
Stephane Gibon
CFO & CIO8.3yrsno datano data
Christophe Dantcikian
Chief Operating Officerless than a yearno datano data
Delmo Rinaldo Vincenzo Mansi
General Counsel & Company Secretary17.5yrsno datano data
8.3yrs
Average Tenure
64yo
Average Age

Experienced Management: PHQ's management team is seasoned and experienced (8.3 years average tenure).

Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Serge Crasnianski
Group CEO & Deputy Chairman17.2yrsUK£1.52m36.63%
€ 167.3m
Vladimir Crasneanscki
Deputy CEO1.1yrsUK£87.74kno data
John Henry Lewis
Non-Executive Chairman18yrsUK£145.00k0.0066%
€ 30.3k
Francoise Rose Coutaz-Replan
Independent Non-Executive Director16.8yrsUK£52.08k0.053%
€ 242.8k
Jean-Marc Janailhac
Non-Executive Director7yrsUK£45.00kno data
René Proglio
Senior Independent Non-Executive Director5.1yrsUK£57.50kno data
Gregory Leonard Barker
Independent Non-executive Director1.1yrsUK£18.46kno data
Tania Crasnianski
Non-Executive Director5.1yrsUK£487.39kno data
6.0yrs
Average Tenure
70.5yo
Average Age

Experienced Board: PHQ's board of directors are considered experienced (6 years average tenure).

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/07/13 20:46
End of Day Share Price 2026/07/10 00:00
Earnings2025/10/31
Annual Earnings2025/10/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

ME Group International plc is covered by 9 analysts. 2 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
James BaylissBerenberg
Alex SmithBerenberg
Eleanor SpencerBerenberg